I hope I don't get hung for this question. But let's say someone wanted to get serious in sports and wildlife photography, what is the minimum FPS their camera should have?
It's not about the FPS (though that can be handy) it's about timing.
That said, I'd go for at least 6. People tend to run in rhythm with about 4fps and if you shoot someone at 4fps or lower all your running shots will have the same/similar pose. More on that here:
I have this feeling that the more FPS the camera shoot's, the faster the camera focus's. That might be wrong, I'm not sure. To get the most good photo's from action I'd nave try to time the shot. Problem is that buy the time your mind say's push the release, the shot is past. Doing dog's I look for dogs going into a cover that might produce a good shot and start shooting in multi servo at some point before the dog get's there. take a series of maybe four shots and pick out the one's I like best, delete the rest. The position's that moving object's are in last a very very short time. Other than pure luck, you cannot time this shot. Your will either be to fast or more likely, to slow. If the subject is moving start to shoot early and stay late!
J Hemingway wrote: 5fps should be enough for just about anything you want to do. Unless you want to to go with the Canon 1Dx, which has what something like 11fps?
J Hemingway wrote: 5fps should be enough for just about anything you want to do. Unless you want to to go with the Canon 1Dx, which has what something like 11fps?
12fps. Shooting full RAW too. Sounds like a machine gun (you can shoot 14fps if you shoot jpeg and lock up the mirror, but I've never bothered). One time my shooting partner (who also shoots 1Dx) and I had to take a group shot. In order to get everyone laughing/smiling we both shot 12fps at the same time. Sounded like a war.
shelland wrote:
J Hemingway wrote: 5fps should be enough for just about anything you want to do. Unless you want to to go with the Canon 1Dx, which has what something like 11fps?
The 7D mk II has 10 fps. (for nearly $5,000 less)
That is true. If you want the extra reach it's a pretty good option. Of course you loose the benefits of full frame, but for sports that may not matter.
Video that shows (well it's more about the sound) 12fps/14fps/10fps/6fps
nephew of mine has the 1Dx and I haven't heard it go off. Closest thing I've heard is my Nikon F5. Sounds like a machine gun going off! If I remember right it was 8 fps. Good thing about digital, you only need to keep the one's you like and delete the rest!
Don Fischer wrote: I have this feeling that the more FPS the camera shoot's, the faster the camera focus's. That might be wrong, I'm not sure. To get the most good photo's from action I'd nave try to time the shot. Problem is that buy the time your mind say's push the release, the shot is past. Doing dog's I look for dogs going into a cover that might produce a good shot and start shooting in multi servo at some point before the dog get's there. take a series of maybe four shots and pick out the one's I like best, delete the rest. The position's that moving object's are in last a very very short time. Other than pure luck, you cannot time this shot. Your will either be to fast or more likely, to slow. If the subject is moving start to shoot early and stay late!
I've done a lot of hockey, you don't necessarily need it for sports. Shooting sports is about knowing the sport and the timing, if you're going to use this it's a matter of knowing how and when to use it. Whatever you use you need to learn how to shoot sports, otherwise this could be just sprayin' and prayin'.
Well using the back focus button I can squeeze them off fast with the button in single shot. I do not shoot sports ever. Most of mine have been like running antelope, coyotes, and the sort. I think being able to pan well is more important than anything else. That and using the 51 point 3D tracking on my D300.
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